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The Message Behind the Man: How Ogilvy Achieved Success
Thirty-three years after he first began his own advertising agency, Ogilvy wrote a memo to his staff entitled “Will Any Agency Hire This Man?” In it, he wrote, “He is 38, and unemployed. He dropped out of college. He has been a cook, a salesman, a diplomatist and a farmer. He knows nothing about marketing and has never written any copy. He professes to be interested in advertising as a career (at the age of 38!) and is ready to go to work for $5,000 a year.” Fortunately, a London firm did hire him, and there was no looking back for Ogilvy. How he did someone with no advertising experience end up shaping the entire industry?
UNDERSTAND OTHERS BY UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
Our imperfections, preferences and prejudices do govern our behaviour whether we are aware of them or not. If we are not aware of them we remain under their control as we can do nothing to control them or counteract them
Ten Top Business Tips From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Recently I was preparing for a strategic business coaching presentation to a group of business owners and senior management staff members. I had been asked by the host to make sure I had a list of ten top business tips to pass along to the attendees. Reflecting back over the past several years, I tried to recall what I would select as ten of those top tips. After remembering some of the most highly successful people I have worked with as a strategic thinking business coach and/or an executive coach, I thought of what they had told me were some of the most impactful tips I had shared with them. Here are the ten top business tips that I recalled as having the biggest impact on past clients.

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Stellar Supervision Enhances Company Productivity
Looking for a framework to use to provide stellar supervision for each of your staff members? Proactive, collaborative supervision is a key to enhancing each staff member's competencies, commitment and optimum personal productivity. It enhances staff loyalty and reduces turnover because staff members feel their career success is a top priority of their leader. Read on to discover the things you can do to help your staff members excel.
5 Timestealers You Must Avoid
Gary has a business, employing 7 staff. When he contacted me he was at a point where the stress from his business was so bad, that he would constantly wake up 3 or 4 times a night worried about everything ...his cash flow, staff, lack of clients and the affect all this was having on his personal well-being and family life. He didn't use a diary, had no way of planning and kept everything 'in his head'.Often his staff were idle because he hadn't spent time training them. That ensured the work didn't get done therefore causing Gary to lose clients.

Professional Visitor or Professional Sales Person?
I am seeing a lot of time wasted by sales staff aimlessly chatting with clients. How often are you left with the feeling that your sales people are seeing clients, but beyond the "hello" and general chat, nothing of substance is happening? I call it the phenomenon of "professional visitation".
Your 7 Step Coaching Plan
Here are the 7 steps I use with many of my clients and students to help them set their staff up for coaching success. It's not difficult but it does require self disciplin and a desire to see your staff succeed.

What Are You Like at Growing People?
Too many managers are still using 20th century traditions for 21st century staff development. The result? Rapid staff turnover, excessive absenteeism and staff conflicts. We need new ways to look at old problems. People are a part of nature, so what can we learn from growing plants?
5 Common Timewasters You Must Avoid
Gary has a business, employing 7 staff. When he contacted me he was at a point where the stress from his business was so bad, that he would constantly wake up 3 or 4 times a night worried about everything ...his cash flow, staff, lack of clients and the affect all this was having on his personal well-being and family life.
Coaching Careless Staff
Managing careless staff can be very frustrating for both the manager and the team particularly if the staff member appears not to care about how their performance is affecting others. Here is how you can use a coaching approach to get staff to focus on fixing the problem themselves.
Coaching Passive/Aggressive staff
If you have staff on your team who aren't responding to you it may be because they are getting some benefit from it. These staff are often called Passive Aggressive staff. They may seem quiet perhaps sullen but they can be quite manipulative and quietly aggressive in getting their own way. Here's how a coach might handle them.

Want to Grow Your Business?
To get more clients and grow your profits, you must be willing to collaborate and to seek help from others. Whether it’s a coach, a copywriter, a programmer, a virtual assistant, or any other type of support staff, you’re going to need someone. You may even need a combination of “someones”.

The Significance of Your Company Culture
Company culture is the spirit, attitude and character of its people put together. Although products or services are the backbone of business, the working culture of staff and its management matter. A happy staff is a productive staff.
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